A player catches a ball. Consider the action force to be the impact of the ball against the player's glove. The reaction to this force is the
A) muscular effort in the player's arms.
B) player's grip on the glove.
C) force the glove exerts on the ball.
D) friction of the ground against the player's shoes.
E) none of these

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According to Newton's third law of motion, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In this scenario, the action force is the impact of the ball against the player's glove. The reaction force is the force that the glove exerts back on the ball, which is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the action force.

A Player Catches a Ball